Service Details
Name:
 COKER
Given Name:
 HYLTON DUDLEY
Initials:
 H D
Service No:
 66458696N
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 3 South African Infantry Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1970-09-13
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Date of Birth:
 1950-10-02
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Died in Military Vehicle Accident, while being transported in a Gladiator Troop Carrier back to Ladysmith Army Camp. Their vehicle was involved in a head-on collision with a Newspaper Delivery Van between Colesburg and Philippolis and the vehicle immediately burst into flames with the men still trapped inside and unable to escape
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. S. H. Coker, of Durban.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Kwazulu Natal
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Cemetery:
 DURBAN (STELLAWOOD) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Cremated - Ashes in family grave Durban Stellawood Cemetery

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